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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit."
+description: "Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of authorized judges in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to SB 6."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 821"
+citation: "Virginia HB 821 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2022-01-12"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae52ebc-9945-4736-894f-c24a19b3a8ca"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB821"
+source_hash: "5130d5099ed847b42981925294a0c3e412751f80ff63a42458534503d3f12ada"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 821 (2022) — Judges; increases from six to seven the maximum number in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit.
+
+Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from six to seven the maximum number of authorized judges in the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to SB 6.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0580** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0580)
+2. **HB821ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB821ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100583D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB821)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100583D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB821)
+- **2022-02-03** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
+- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-08** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-21** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
+- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
+- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB821ER)
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 580 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ae52ebc-9945-4736-894f-c24a19b3a8ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+